(2024-01-05). It's Time to Start Paying People to Take Vaccines, Says Oxford Academic Writing in Financial Times. dailysceptic.org It's time to start paying people to take vaccines to boost take-up. That's according to Dr. Raymond Duch, an Oxford academic writing in the Financial Times. This is the lesson he's taken from the Covid pandemic, apparently.
(2024-01-05). Recruitment Problems Plague US Military. thealtworld.com Traditionally a few Southern states have provided the backbone of America's military. But times have changed. Today white Southern men don't like black female sergeants in their face. They don't like homosexual sergeants in their face either. They don't like comments from non-military friends about their officers wearing high heels and skirts. And they have heard enough from those forced out because of refusal to take the death vaccine to know that the officers no longer stand up for the troops. | A military headed by a black Secretary of Defense, a female Deputy Secretary of Defense, a black Chairman of the Join…
(2024-01-05). The working class, the fight against capitalist barbarism and the building of the World Party of Socialist Revolution , (Part Three). wsws.org Just as genocide is being openly adopted as an instrument of policy and mass death has been normalized in the ruling class response to the pandemic, fascistic and authoritarian movements are again part of the mainstream political landscape throughout the world.
(2024-01-05). Spain's PSOE-Sumar government renews austerity. wsws.org The PSOE-Sumar government is now preparing to roll back all the concessions made to workers at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and impose the dictates of the European Union on behalf of the banks and major corporations.
(2024-01-05). An Environmental Activist's Guide To The Great Barrington Declaration. popularresistance.org The Great Barrington Declaration (GBD) is standard issue libertarian free market ideology sanded down to fit the confines of public health — this document (coauthored by three highly credentialed academics: Sunetra Gupta of Oxford, Martin Kulldorff of Harvard, and Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford) recommended that governments do nothing to combat a once in a century pandemic destined globally to obliterate as many as 27 million lives. | The fever dream enshrined in every libertarian narrative holds that "self regulating forces" exhibit a mystical benevolence only realized when governments retreat, and defer to…
(2024-01-05). How Australia went from 'lucky country' to 'locked-up country' under COVID-19. greenleft.org.au 
In their book, The Locked-up Country — a play on Donald Horne's The Lucky Country — Tom Chodor and Sharar Hameiri meticulously chronicle how governments opted for seemingly unthinkable measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Fred Fuentes reviews.
(2024-01-05). Why Are So Many Californians Dying? dailysceptic.org Since 2020, California has seen 82,000 excess deaths from non-Covid causes, almost as many as its official Covid death tally. And it still has a higher death rate than no-lockdown Florida.
(2024-01-05). Covid test mandatory in Karnataka for patients with respiratory and flu-like illnesses. devdiscourse.com Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday said he has directed health officials to make Covid test mandatory for those with Influenza Like Illness (ILI) or Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI).
(2024-01-05). COVID cases rising in US. ecns.cn COVID cases are rising in the United States, and one variant seems to be fueling the virus' spread, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
(2024-01-05). Afghanistan: Infectious Disease Outbreaks – Epidemiological week #52, 2023 (24—30 Dec 2023) Situation Report #52. reliefweb.int 
(2024-01-05). Selected Articles: How Long Can Israel Defy the World? globalresearch.ca 
By As Israel takes out hospitals and civilian infrastructure, infectious diseases and famine threaten to kill many more people. Several Israeli soldiers have been reported …
(2024-01-05). Convergence of HIV and non-communicable disease epidemics: geospatial mapping of the unmet health needs in an HIV hyperendemic community in South Africa. reliefweb.int Country: South Africa | Source: British Medical Journal | Diego F Cuadros, Chayanika Devi, Urisha Singh, Stephen Olivier, Alison C Castle, Yumna Moosa, Johnathan A Edwards, Hae-Young Kim, Mark J Siedner, Emily B Wong, Frank Tanser | Abstract | Introduction As people living with HIV (PLHIV) are experiencing longer survival, the co-occurrence of HIV and non-communicable diseases has become a public health priority. In response to this emerging challenge, we aimed to characterise the spatial structure of convergence of chronic health conditions in an HIV hyperendemic community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. | Me…
(2024-01-05). Hokersar: The forgotten Wetland of Kashmir. muslimmirror.com By Babra Wani Hokersar, a scenic wetland in the heart of Kashmir, is recognised for its rich biodiversity and stunning beauty. It is one of the largest freshwater lakes in the Kashmir valley, with an area of 13.75 square kilometres and located at an elevation of 1,585 metres above sea level. The Doodh Ganga and …